You are defined by your experiences with one, or a group, of vampires. These ignoble and capricious creatures have kept you, in part as a meal, but more so as a plaything. Up until now, your life was laid out by these people and whether you have begun your adventuring life as their envoy or an escapee, their hands have already warped you into something unique and strange.

Skill Proficiencies: Choose two from among Investigation, Insight, or Performance

Languages: You speak a language that your master spoke

Equipment:  A diplomat's pack, a set of durable common clothes, and one trinket of special significance (choose one or roll on the Gothic Trinkets table after this background).

Suggested Characteristics

Your time in the coterie has changed you forever. You may be marked with quirks or even a way of life that was once exclusive to your former masters.

d8	Personality Trait
1	I try my best to emulate an important person in my life, either a cotorie member or the person who freed me.
2	My gallows humor is terribly inappropriate with the average person.
3	I talk with aristocratic airs, convincing enough to fool even myself.
4	I will sometimes lose track of my surroundings, or a conversation.
5	I like it when someone else takes charge with force, even if the target is myself.
6	I am a bystander at heart and prefer to see things play out, even if said things are horrible.
7	I am incredibly talkative (or silent) and find it easy (or difficult) to communicate my emotions.
8	I have an all encompassing, unshakable fixation. This fixation changes every week.

d6	Ideal
1	Independence. I will not let anyone define me ever again. (Chaotic)
2	Discovery. I want to learn all that I can, both for my cotorie and for my own curiosity. (Any)
3	Kindness. I use my abilities or station to enable the less fortunate. (Good)
4	Hedonism. What feels good and tastes good must be mine. (Any)
5	Power. I have been put in an advantageous position and I seek to exploit it. (Evil)
6	Purpose. When I'm playing the role I'm meant to play, I feel fulfilled. (Lawful)

d6	Bond
1	I yearn for the days I was taken care of in a coterie.
2	I have made it my life's work to eliminate undead, including vampires.
3	I like making friends with people who would make good livestock.
4	My cotorie is my family. I would do anything for it.
5	I seek powerful allies that will help me in escaping my cotorie.
6	I hope to perform well enough that, one day, my cotorie will recognise my good work and turn me.

d6	Flaw
1	I have a problem with entering houses uninvited.
2	I have no love for mortals and the unconverted.
3	I trust in a strict hierarchy and have trouble speaking up against authority.
4	I am never as happy as I am when being fed on.
5	I always find it hard to sleep in the dark.
6	I feel a rise in anxiety when in the presence of holy structures.